Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

A noninvasive device that delivers weak electrical currents to the brain may help those with multiple sclerosis cut back on ...

The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of ...

We all know that alcohol is a depressant and messes with our brain. Hangovers are almost a given, as are poor sleep and ...

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some ...

People with addictions often choose a drug that helps them feel normal, so an anxious person might choose alcohol or Xanax, ...

Scientists have identified a tiny brain circuit in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) that keeps alcohol users ...

Researchers at Washington State University are exploring a new approach to treating alcohol withdrawal syndrome, focusing on the cerebellum, a part of the brain often overlooked in ...

For Stapleton, it meant surfacing from years of silent trauma. For Franciotti, it meant surviving long enough to build a new ...

An author on marijuana myths and former drug policy advisor to the Obama administration is making his way to Elkhart Tuesday ...

Vaping is fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction among and nearly 15 million children are currently using e-cigarettes.

Consumption of ultra-processed fast foods is associated with poor blood markers and an increased risk of depression, anxiety, ...